Vasenia Santibanes was playing in the bed of her father`s Ford pickup truck when her right middle finger became lodged backward in a stake hole in the truck`s bed, Rosenquist said. The truck was parked in the lot of her family`s apartment, in the 800 block of Southwest 10th Drive.

Two rescue workers held Vasenia while two workers used grease and, finally, power tools to free the child`s finger. The side of the truck had to be cut to release Vasenia`s finger. Six workers shuttled various tools and supplies from their truck to the rescuers, Rosenquist said.

Other than some bruising, Vasenia`s finger was uninjured, Rosenquist said.